Ethan’s Journey

 I woke up this morning with some sore muscles. I must have really worked my back muscles sitting all day yesterday. Nothing else hurt though. I used the heating pad and alternated between sitting and laying to work.  I made sure I stayed moving periodically.  I told Ethan I had time in my schedule tomorrow morning if he wanted me to go with him to the lab. He didn’t fight me on it. We were going to go today but the timing wasn’t right with his pills. Since it is a timed test, we pushed it off until tomorrow. Fine by me. It was cold out today. It will likely be cold tomorrow too. But that’s fine.  I did enjoy watching the snow fall today. It is so pretty. At one point it looked like a Bob Ross painting out my back window. My other bright spot was that I stood up from the couch. I looked out the window and there was a fat Blue Jay just sitting in the tree. The tree branches were decorated in snow making the blue….especially blue.

  I didn’t have as many steps today as I did yesterday. Today I either stood or sat to work. I tried to remember to keep correcting my posture throughout the day. I had enough time to make a double batch of Shepard’s pie. Yum! Ethan went to work today. He has a credit card and is building up some good credit. Some of the things he wants to buy for his race car are expensive and go over his $500 limit. I let him use my card but he has to have the money. He always does. The past couple of days he has been trying to order a part but the company keeps declining the purchase. I am sure it is from a transposed mistake of some sort.  I called the credit card company and they are all set on their end. They said it is the actual store that is cancelling the transaction. Tomorrow Ethan will be home. I told him we can work on it and see what the issue is. Ethan is frustrated with this issue because we have been trying different cards and it still isn’t working. I texted him tonight to remind him

 Avery took me out today. It was the first time since my surgery. I asked her to drive my car because her car may have been more difficult for me to get in. We got into my van, and the wet rain fell on is. Ewww! Maybe I should have stayed inside. We got into the car and the seats were COLD! She turned the car on as I feverishly reached over to turn on the seat warmers.  Technology has spoiled me.  “Oh my god these seats are so cold” I complained. “What is this…the 1800’s?” I know I was being dramatic, but I do enjoy a warm rump at winter time. We laughed. She carted me around as she was trying to find washers for her chemistry experiment.  We also stopped for a good thrifting experience at Goodwill.  I was TIRED when we got home. I took it easy for the rest of the day. I will see how things feel tomorrow. Paul made it home from snowmobiling. He had fun. I think he is a little crazy he rode  over 300 miles in a day and a half. 😱 Our donor family was on my mind heavily today.I don’t kno

I woke up this morning and Paul had already left to go snowmobiling. I checked the cameras and he had let the dogs out. I decided to stay in my warm cozy bed and watch TikToc’s for a bit. I was cracking up. When I went to get out of bed, I was delighted to find that my soreness was less than yesterday. Yay! It is nice when I can feel measurable results. I made the decision that I will continue to try and either meet or exceed my steps from yesterday. I am concentrating on my posture.l and retraining my muscles to remember what that even is. I took a shower and thought about how awful it was to shower laying down. Those days are gone. I was able to enjoy the warm steam and not have to rush through it to make the pain stop. Yay! So far I was winning my day. I had a friend come over and visit and she brought us dinner, that was so nice. It was also nice to see her while I was sitting and not laying. Avery and I binge watched a show and relaxed and I considered it “healing time”. The dogs

 My muscles were sore this morning. Like I hit the gym yesterday. I assure you that I did not. I was able to rotate between sitting, standing and laying down while I worked. I was able to sustain sitting and standing longer than yesterday. I am pretty sure my muscles are so confused. They had settled into their Bon Bon eating, tv watching life. Every so often I would change positions or I would take a couple laps around the house. Paul made it home last night. I had lots of jobs for him to do. I had a productive day at work.  After work, Paul and I chatted and had a drink while we watched TV. We giggled at the dogs being silly. We then finished the night watching an old episode of Top Gear. I like the older ones because I think Jeremy Clarkson is pretty entertaining. He does make me chuckle at some of his one liners. Every day I am making progress. Woo hoo! I had to tell Ethan he needs to get his bloodwork done again. He immediately responded “No, I am not doing it.” So I will keep rem

 Today went well. I sat up a little bit longer each time and made sure to get up and move every 1/2 hour or so. I felt good and didn’t feel like I was over doing it. Every day I have a touch more energy. Slow creeping baby steps. I did have a moment when I spoke to the doctors office where I became frustrated and slightly enraged.  I have these steri strips on my back. They are layered on. Some over the top of others. It’s not an easy pull it off with one motion kind of job. I knew it was recommended to take them off today. Was it really going to matter if I waited one more day for Paul to help me? According to the nurse, yes! Ok. Fine. I tried to explain that these strips were really stuck on there good. I asked if they could stay on an extra day or so. She made herself annoyingly clear that if I left them on longer, I could get an infection. Her response to having them stuck on really well was, “just rip it off quick, like a bandaid.” Is she drunk? When I told her I was having troubl

I made out well sleeping in my own bed last night. I woke up even less sore today than yesterday. I am finding I can reposition myself without significant pain. This is great!  I still can’t sleep on my side, but baby steps. Tomorrow I can work on removing the steri strips from my incision. Today I alternated working laying down and sitting. I also got up and walked around a little more. My legs feel so heavy. It’s like I have cinderblocks on my feet. I have to consciously remember not to shuffle around like an old granny. I am afraid of slipping or falling. Any sudden movements seem like a terrible situation and I want to avoid that at all costs. Thankfully I don’t have to go outside for anything with it snowing and slushy out.  The steri strips seem like they are causing a lot of the pulling at my incision. They are supposed to come off then. I will either have to wait until Paul comes home or have one of the kids pull them off.  I was able to cut Ethan’s hair tonight (which hasn’t b